Hey there!
We would like to thank everyone for the year 2011. We had our last show at Trädgårn with Arch Enemy last Saturday and we enjoyed the gig VERY MUCH! We want to thank you guys for being so supportive and for being such an awesome fanbase. Without you, ENGEL would have been nothing!
We will allways remember PAIN and their crew. We had alot of fun and we want to thank you guys for wanting us on your tour. We had a BLAST.
Finally, we want to thank Arch Enemy + Crew for the awesome gigs we had here in Sweden. It was really fun sharing stage with you guys and we hope that we can do it again in the near future!

BUT THERE IS MORE! We are finally done writing all the songs for the upcoming album and not later than next week, we will start to record it! You guys will not be dissapointed. More info and the actual title of the album will be released next week. So stay tuned!!

Swedish all-girl hard rock band CRUCIFIED BARBARA will enter the studio this summer to begin recording its third full-length album for a late 2011 release. Helming the new CD will be producer Chips Kiesbye, who has previously worked with HELLACOPTERS, SAHARA HOTNIGHTS, MILLENCOLIN, NOMADS, WILMER X and BONAFIDE, among others.

In other news, CRUCIFIED BARBARA will play at several festivals this summer, including Hellfest in France, Norway Rock in Norway and the Stockholm Pride Festival in Sweden.

CRUCIFIED BARBARA‘s second full-length album, “Til Death Do Us Party”, was released in February 2009. The CD was produced by Mats Levén (THERION, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, KRUX, TREAT, AT VANCE, ABSTRAKT ALGEBRA) and features guest appearances by guitarist Phil Campbell (MOTÖRHEAD) and Mats Levén.

Swedish metallers CLOUDSCAPE will enter RoastingHouse Studios in Malmö, Sweden on April 11 with producer/engineer Micko Twedberg to begin recording their fourth album, “New Era”, for a late 2011 release. A video teaser for “New Era” can be viewed below. Source: Blabbermouth.net

Swedish symphonic power metallers DRAGONLAND will enter Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark on March 31 to begin recording their fifth album for an August release via Germany’s AFM Records. Several different studios will be used to track this utterly ambitious album, with Jacob Hansen set to add his magic touch to the mix. Twelve songs will be recorded during the sessions, and the music itself is based on a deep and emotional story, picking up where the band’s second album, “Holy War”, left off nine years ago.

Commented DRAGONLAND guitarist Olof Mörck: “After five years of doing concepts, writing lyrics and composing, we are seeing the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel!

“After ‘Astronomy’, we knew we needed to explore our music further not to risk becoming a band that releases music every year cast in the same mold, so the idea from the beginning was: what would it be like with a metal album based in fantasy that respects the literary genre, that actually tries to be mature and that enriches said fantasy world with inspiration from millenias of human mythology?

“To make a neoclassical album filled with overly bombastic clichés of steel clad warriors was out of the question — instead we explored the themes and sounds around various fantasy movies, new and old, and also countless computer RPG soundtracks to infuse the musical aspect with a genuine fantasy feel, and as previously stated, heaps and stacks of tomes on every mythological tale from Gilgamesh to the Aeneid provided a genuine and credible backdrop to the story.

“The album is genuinely a concept album in every aspect, and we will collaborate with some truly gifted artists who are experts in this genre to bring our world to life visually — more on that soon. Prepare yourself to be engulfed in a world of enchanting phantasy and songs of swirling magic later this year!”

Songtitles set to appear on the new album incude “The Tempest”, “A Stranger I Know”, “The Shadow Of The Mithril Mountains” and “A Thousand Towers White”.

Norwegian gothic metallers TRAIL OF TEARS will enter Sound Suite Studio in Marseille, France in September with producer Terje Refsnes to record their as-yet-untitled seventh album. An early 2012 release is expected. Source: Blabbermouth.net

TORNADO (formerly NEMESIS DIVINA), the American, Dutch and Finnish metal band featuring members of AMORAL and FUELBLOODED, is preparing to enter Abyss Studio in Pärlby, Sweden under the watchful eye of Swedish producer and HYPOCRISY/PAIN mainman Peter Tägtgren to record its debut album, “Amsterdamn, Hellsinki”, for release via the French label Listenable Records. The group will spend two weeks in the studio recording the following 13 tracks of “fist-pumpin’, booty-shakin, sleazy thrash for a new generation of pimps and hos”:

Commented singer Superstar Joey Severance: “We are all very excited to be going over to Peter’s spot and doing this album. For me personally, this is a dream come true and as a metal fan. I’m excited to be walking in the footsteps of my musical heroes. We’ve been talking the talk for a long time, now it’s time to walk the walk so to speak…”

While deeply rooted in ’80s thrash, TORNADO is “not part of any thrash revivals or movements,” according to a press release. “With an emphasis on writing songs that are to the point and catchy, TORNADO brings back the essence of what thrash is all about (with an added sleazy edge).”

Finnish melodic death metallers INSOMNIUM have issued the following update:

“The fifth INSOMNIUM studio album is beginning to take shape. We had a three-day training and songwriting session last week and we can now say that we have about eight songs more or less ready. We are entering the studio in April so we should have enough time to finish everything. Some observers commented that the material sounds surprisingly ready taken that this was only the second training session for the new album. We also had a promo shoot with the legendary photographer Stefan de Batselier who has previously worked with some small American names like JOHNNY CASH and METALLICA. Big thanks to Stefan for a nice afternoon! Also thanks to Jussi Ratilainen who is documenting the whole process!”